Digitising services, facilitating public-private sector cooperation and advocating on behalf of member companies were the main efforts that helped Dubai Chamber respond to new Covid-related challenges swiftly and effectively. That was the message from Hassan Al Hashemi, Director of International Relations at Dubai Chamber who spoke today at the 12th World Chambers Congress in Dubai. He took part in the …

Dubai Duty Free Executive Vice Chairman & CEO, Colm McLoughlin was honoured with the coveted Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2021 edition of Gulf Business Awards held on 23rd November at the Central Park Towers in Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). Organised by Motivate Publishing, the annual Gulf Business Awards recognise the most successful companies and industry leaders across different …

News Desk DUBAI: Emirates has signed a codeshare agreement with airBaltic to offer customers enhanced connectivity to/from Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania and Finland. The codeshare partnership will open new travel opportunities and offer Emirates’ customers convenient access to the Baltic Sea region. airBalitc customers’ will also benefit from seamless access to Emirates’ extensive network, via Dubai. Adnan Kazim, Emirates’ Chief Commercial …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: At the recent Arabian Travel Awards, Tourism Malaysia Dubai Office has won the Most Exemplary Tourism Authority Award against four other nominees. Organised by Durga Das Publications, this year marked the fourth edition of the prestigious Arabian Travel Awards, which was held at Le Meridien Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 21 November 2021. As the …

foodpanda, the leading e-commerce platform of the country, signed an agreement with Bank of Punjab to provide financing to registered foodpanda Homechefs under Prime Minister’s Kamyab Jawan Youth Entrepreneurship Programme. Furthering this objective, the first loan of PKR 1 million was disbursed to Mr. Khalid Javed Akhtar from Sahiwal, who is a certified chef from COTHM and is running his …

By Rafiq Vayani KARACHI: The Consulate of Italy in Karachi organized The HoReCa summit during the Italian Cuisine Week at Avari Towers. It show cased food ingredients and samples using Italian goods with the aim of engaging B2B and B2C customers for the hospitality sector. The Consul of Italy in Karachi, Mr. Danilo Guirdanella welcomed the audience and spoke about …

MSD, a leading global pharmaceutical company (NYSE: MRK) has inaugurated its newly redesigned regional headquarters in the presence of H.E. Dr. Amin Hussain Al Amiri, Assistant Undersecretary of Public Health Policy and Licensing at the UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention; Meghan Gregonis, the U.S. Consul General in Dubai and Cara Nazari, Managing Director, AmCham Dubai. Key MSD executives including Renan …

News Desk LAHORE: The Annual Maker’s Meet in Lahore gave a platform to women led businesses to connect, network, learn from one other and share one another’s struggles and setbacks over hi tea. For the inspiration segment, guests had an opportunity to hear experiences and insight on overcoming failure by Aimen Kazmi, an artist and illustrator behind the brand Quirky …

Renowned businessman, Managing Director, Imtiaz Enterprises and President at America Pakistan Business Development Forum Shaikh Imtiaz Hussain attended EU-Pakistan Business Forum for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Round Table Discussion for Food / FMCG. Her Excellency Androulla Kaminara Ambassador of The Delegation of the European Union to Pakistan launched EU-Pakistan Business Forum for Small and Medium Enterprises with the objective to …

By Mehreen Mushtaq KARACHI: Soft lighting, peaceful music, pleasant ambience, full moon, soothing breeze of november, mouthwatering aroma of food, positive energy, the whole scenario was alluring. Hotel Mehran is situated at shahrah-e-faisal in Karachi(the city of lights). This place has 182 rooms with uncompromising service to customer satisfaction. Coffee shop, gymnasium, banquets, where you can conduct formal and informal events …